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Contains 8 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 06/08/2023 at 11:00 AM (EDT)
The Unified Patent Court is open for business as of June 1, 2023. During the webinar, speakers will look at what parties have been doing both in the run up to the UPC opening its doors and in the week since those doors opened. They will consider what you should be thinking about and preparing for now that the system is live as well as what to do once in a UPC action. Finally, they’ll conclude with a review of selected hot off the press UPC news items.
The Unified Patent Court is open for business as of June 1, 2023. During the webinar, speakers will look at what parties have been doing both in the run up to the UPC opening its doors and in the week since those doors opened. They will consider what you should be thinking about and preparing for now that the system is live as well as what to do once in a UPC action. Finally, they’ll conclude with a review of selected hot off the press UPC news items.
Matthew Georgiou
Partner
Carpmaels & Ransford
Matthew is a Partner in the Life Sciences group at Carpmaels. He spends his time counselling clients in the pharmaceutical and chemical sector on strategies for maintaining market exclusivity in Europe. In this role he has advised the world’s largest drug companies on how to protect their intellectual property. At the core of Matthew’s practice is his experience representing clients before the European Patent Office in ex-parte examination proceedings and inter-partes opposition and appeal proceedings. He has handled complex multiparty opposition proceedings (in attack and defense) relating to a variety of commercial products and his endeavors for clients have taken him all the way to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal. Alongside this, Matthew has experience advising on SPC strategies and regulatory exclusivity relating to medicinal products in Europe. He also has experience in providing litigation support in circumstances where parallel EPO and national court proceedings are pending. Matthew is a European and UK patent attorney and a registered UPC representative . He is a Vice Chair of IPO’s European Practice Committee.
Daniela Gill-Carey
Associate General Patent Counsel
UCB Biopharma SRL
Daniela Gill-Carey holds a dual qualification as a European and as a UK Chartered patent attorney and is currently an associate general patent counsel within the UK IP department of UCB Biopharma. She supports all patent-related activities of various pre-clinical and clinical programs and biopharmaceutical technologies. Daniela started her career in the patent department of Procter and Gamble, before joining the pharmaceutical sector in 2008, first at TEVA and then at Novartis. Prior joining UCB, she led the IP department of Proteome Sciences, a British/German bioscience company. Before entering the patent profession, she received a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Zurich and a MSc in Intellectual Property Law from the ETH in Zurich (Switzerland).
Nick Noble
Partner
Kilburn & Strode
Nick Noble specializes in high-tech patent work and handles large volumes of high value work in the fields of telecoms & standards, electronics and healthcare technology. His academic background and 20 years’ experience has led to him being recognized as a leading telecoms patent expert. He advises his clients on all aspects of patent protection, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, opposition proceedings, freedom to operate, and infringement and validity opinions and he has particular experience of standards-related patent matters. Nick works as an extension of his clients’ teams and is to them a valued trusted advisor.
Nathalie Wajs
Partner
Plasseraud
Nathalie Wajs is a Partner and a Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. She works on cases relating to cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, polymers, petrochemicals and catalysis for individuals, companies and research institutes. With more than 15 years of experience in intellectual property, she advises individuals, large groups and research institutes in the development and management of their patent portfolios: patent applications, granting procedures, legal advice (freedom to operate, audit of IP portfolios) and valuation, in the chemical sectors. She has developed a recognized expertise in litigation and opposition proceedings before the EPO. Nathalie started her career in IP in 2004 at L'OREAL, where she was responsible for foundation and powder products. Nathalie joined Plasseraud IP in 2008 and became a Partner in 2023.
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Contains 8 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 06/06/2023 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
This webinar, organized by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Committee, will explore what happens after the ITC issues an exclusionary remedy in an ITC Section 337 proceeding. The panel will discuss enforcement and advisory proceedings at the ITC, formal and informal proceedings with U.S. Customs, and also explain the machinations and complications associated with complying with the ITC’s cease and desist orders and bonding requirements during Presidential Review.
This webinar, organized by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Committee, will explore what happens after the ITC issues an exclusionary remedy in an ITC Section 337 proceeding. The panel will discuss enforcement and advisory proceedings at the ITC, formal and informal proceedings with U.S. Customs, and also explain the machinations and complications associated with complying with the ITC’s cease and desist orders and bonding requirements during Presidential Review.
Kate Cappaert
Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Kate Cappaert is a partner at Steptoe & Johnson and focuses her practice on all aspects of intellectual property litigation. Kate leverages her legal and industry experience as a mechanical engineer to help clients navigate intellectual property disputes across a variety of venues, and has appeared in cases before the US International Trade Commission, federal district courts throughout the United States, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Christopher Clancy
VP, Legal & General Counsel
Panduit
Christopher Clancy, as VP, Legal & General Counsel, is focused on IP, commercial, compliance, employment and M&A issues. Christopher has worked at Panduit in the following roles since 2001: Patent Attorney (2001-06); Assistant Patent Counsel – Electrical Group (2006-10); Patent Counsel – Electrical Group (2010-11); Chief Patent Counsel (2011-2016); and VP, Legal & General Counsel (2016-present). Christopher also serves as the Corporate Secretary (2018 – present). He graduated from Northwestern University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and received his law degree from The John Marshall (now UIC) Law School in 1997 with a Juris Doctorate.
Matt Rizzolo
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP
Matt Rizzolo is a litigator with Ropes & Gray who works extensively with technology companies to both enforce clients’ intellectual property rights and defend clients from infringement claims. Matt leads the firm’s practice in Section 337 actions before the United States International Trade Commission and has significant experience litigating patent cases in a variety of jurisdictions, including federal district courts throughout the United States, the Court of Federal Claims, the Federal Circuit, and before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board. Matt frequently writes and speaks on a wide variety of intellectual property issues, and is a sought-after commentator who has been quoted in media such as The National Law Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC, and Law360, among others. He is a co-host of Ropes & Gray’s IP(DC) podcast, which focuses on intellectual property developments emanating from Washington, DC, and is a Vice-Chair of the IPO’s U.S. International Trade Commission Committee.
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Patent eligibility is a significant concern to IP owners and inventors in determining how to invest time, money, and resources in research and development. The panel will discuss issues, observations, and concerns regarding patent eligibility through the lens of practitioners in a variety of technical fields and jurisdictions.
Patent eligibility is a significant concern to IP owners and inventors in determining how to invest time, money, and resources in research and development. The panel will discuss issues, observations, and concerns regarding patent eligibility through the lens of practitioners in a variety of technical fields and jurisdictions.
David Hammond
Partner, Patent Attorney
Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
David Hammond is a partner at the European IP firm Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP, practicing in the FMCG, life sciences and healthcare areas with a particular focus on small and large molecule therapeutics, microfluidic-based lab-on-a-chip technologies and food tech. David is part of HLK’s specialist Oppositions team, regularly representing clients in EPO opposition and appeal hearings.
Wayne Jaeschke
Assistant General Counsel - Patents
Johnson & Johnson
Wayne Jaeschke is a patent attorney in the Johnson and Johnson Global Legal Organization with close to 30 years of experience providing counsel to clients in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical device fields. Wayne currently serves as co Vice-Chair to IPO’s International Patent Law and Trade Committee and Chair of the WIPO and International Patent Practice sub-committee.
Christopher Johns
Partner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Chris Johns is a partner at Finnegan. He focuses on patent application drafting, prosecution, and portfolio development. He also works on litigations, ITC investigations, PTAB trials, and appeals. He provides domestic and international clients with strategic IP counseling. Chris works on matters in a variety of technical areas, from telecommunications and business methods, to medical devices and household goods. Before private practice, Chris served for nearly five years as a USPTO patent examiner. Chris co-authored and co-edited a recent book covering patent eligibility issues in more than a dozen countries.
Mauricio Samano
Senior Associate
OLIVARES
Mauricio Samano is a senior associate at the patent department of the Mexican based law firm OLIVARES. His work in OLIVARES mainly focuses in prosecuting Chemical, Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical patent applications, as well as in providing technical opinions regarding patent infringement. He has experience in conducting state of the art searches and drafting patent applications. Additionally, he is a member of the International Patent Law and Trade Committee, as well as of the Latin American Practice Committee of Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) organization.
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IPO’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee published a “Hiring and Retention Guide”. The panelists will discuss how the guide can be used to hire and retain talented lawyers and legal professionals from underrepresented groups. Speakers will also share tips and learnings from their own experiences.
Despite years of various efforts to improve hiring and retention of qualified candidates from underrepresented groups, law firms and corporate legal departments continue to struggle in making any meaningful advances. See, for example, a recent article by the American Bar Association, which states in relevant part:
Women make up 37% of practicing attorneys, even though they account for 50.8% of the U.S. population. Men still outnumber women in equity partner positions nearly 5 to 1. Only 4.7% of practicing attorneys are Black, with about 10% of attorneys falling into other racial minority groups. Within the legal profession since 2010, representation of individuals in minority racial and ethnic groups combined has grown just 6%, the percentage of practicing Black attorneys has increased by less than 1%, and the percentage of women attorneys has only increased 4.6%. At this rate, it will take 30 years for the demographics of the legal profession to reflect the demographics of today’s population. (Source: How to Improve Diversity in the Legal Profession (americanbar.org) [americanbar.org])
For an abundance of clarity, underrepresented groups include individuals belonging to or identifying with an underrepresented: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, and/or disability or genetic information.
As hiring and retention of underrepresented groups in the legal profession continue to confound law firms and legal departments, IPO’s Diversity & Inclusion committee aims to demystify hiring and retention of underrepresented groups by sharing the newly created Hiring & Retention Guide [ipo.org] (“Guide”). This Guide is the next section of the Practical Guide to Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal Profession and focuses on solving for hiring and retention problems associated with the hiring and retention of underrepresented groups in the legal profession – especially in law firms and corporate legal departments.
The core problems with hiring underrepresented or diverse lawyers/legal professional are captured in slide 4 of the Guide. Next, the key problems with retaining underrepresented or diverse lawyers / legal professional are captured in slide 5 of the Guide. The solutions to the core hiring problems and the solutions to the key retention problems are summarized in slide 6. The Background section of the Guide includes the details to the solutions for both hiring and retention problems.
While the Guide serves to help with improving hiring and retention of underrepresented groups in the legal profession, the Guide can be used to improve hiring of retention of any qualified candidate because the Guide enables equitable hiring and retention of all qualified candidates. To help digest this Guide, IPO’s D&I Committee will host a first webinar to cover the introduction and overview of this Guide. The panelists will discuss how the guide can be used to hire and retain talented lawyers and legal professionals from underrepresented groups. Speakers will also share tips and learnings from their own experiences.
Shruti Costales
Legal Director, HW & SW Procurement
Dell Technologies
Shruti Costales is a Legal Director at Dell Technologies. She is a licensed patent attorney and has worked in private practice, in-house, and with the Federal Government. Shruti has 20+ years of deep legal experience in handling Intellectual Property (IP) transactions, complex commercial transactions including drafting and negotiating XaaS agreements and handling FED/SLED agreements, product counseling, procurement transactions, due diligence and mergers & acquisitions related assessments, patent counseling, patent litigation, patent and trademark application drafting and prosecution. Her experience includes working in the technology (XaaS, IoT, AI, HW, and SW), healthcare (including biotechnology, medical devices, and pharmaceutical – small molecule and large molecule), chemical (including catalysts and polymers), semiconductor, and petrochemical/energy industries. Shruti has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and her JD from Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the University of New Hampshire School of Law). She is the co-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion committee for the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) where she has co-authored many white papers and guides. Shruti loves reading mysteries, writing poetry, and sewing.
Keisha Hylton-Rodic, Ph.D., Esq.
Managing Principal
Hylton-Rodic Law Intellectual Property
Keisha Hylton-Rodic, Ph.D. is a registered patent attorney with a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. She specializes in assisting pharmaceutical companies, start-ups, universities, chemical companies, and venture capital funds, achieve their IP objectives. Dr. Hylton-Rodic’s practice includes patent procurement, patent-related risk assessments (including freedom-to-operate, IP due diligence investigations, non-infringement, and validity), design-around strategies and opinions. She has extensive experience developing and managing domestic and foreign patent portfolios in a variety of technical areas including biotech, chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and paper.
Rachael Rodman
Partner
Ulmer & Berne, LLP
Rachael Rodman is an accomplished litigator who concentrates her practice in the area of IP litigation, and has experience representing clients in variety of cases involving patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret claims. She also has experience in complex business litigation, and has litigated cases involving contract, shareholder, and non-compete disputes. In addition to her substantial trial experience in state and federal court, Rachael has extensive appellate experience, in both Ohio and federal appellate courts. Prior to beginning her litigation practice, Rachael clerked for the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Second Appellate District. She has participated in arbitrations through the American Arbitration Association and the dispute resolution forums of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the American Health Lawyers Association.
Elaine Spector
Partner
Harrity & Harrity, LLP
Elaine Spector is a patent attorney with over 20 years of experience in intellectual property law. Her current practice consists primarily of prosecuting patent applications with a focus on electromechanical technologies. Prior to joining Harrity & Harrity, Elaine worked in private practice for over 15 years handling various intellectual property matters, including patent application drafting and prosecution, trademark prosecution and enforcement, as well as litigating complex patent cases in federal courts. Elaine’s extensive litigation experience provides her with a unique perspective in prosecuting patent applications. Most recently, Elaine worked in-house for 6 years at Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, where she managed over 500 matters in medical and software related technologies. As an avid believer in giving-back, Elaine serves a Board Member at No More Stolen Childhoods. She is also dedicated to improving diversity in the field of patent law through her numerous diversity leadership roles. Elaine hosts Driving Diversity, a weekly vlog sharing diversity-related tips and FAQ’s, as well as quarterly webinars in a series called Diversity Dialogue as part of Harrity’s Diversity Channel.
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This webinar will provide an overview of significant IP policy concerns across different countries and regions based on IPO’s comments made during the U.S. Trade Representative’s Special 301 review. The panelists will go around the world in one hour, noting issues that IP practitioners need to be aware of and pointing out global trends in IP law and policy.
The Special 301 Report is the U.S. Trade Representative’s Congressionally mandated annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights protection and enforcement. Each year, USTR invites public participation in the review process and solicits comments to help in its assessment. IPO’s International Patent Law and Trade Committee (IPLTC) has led IPO’s engagement in this public process and consolidated input from IPO committees and IPO member companies and firms to assist in the preparation of IPO’s comment letter. IPO’s comments, among other things, highlight many of the issues and concerns raised within IPO committee discussions throughout the year. Our panelists, who have been involved in the preparation of IPO’s comments, will cover issues such as trade secret protection, counterfeiting, compulsory licenses, issues in IP enforcement, genetic resources and an overview of developments at multilateral organizations.
Steve W. Bauer
Retired
Medtronic, Inc.
Starting in 2018, Steve has been a Co-Chair (and now Immediate Past Co-Chair) of the IPO International Patent Law and Trade Committee. In this role, Steve worked as a member of the IPO Special 301 Comment team. This team consolidated input from IPO committees and members to prepare drafts of IPO’s Special 301 comment letters to the U.S. Trade Representative. Before 2018, Steve was an active member and Vice Chair of the IPO Asian Practice Committee.
During Steve’s twenty years at Medtronic, Steve was Senior Legal Director - International IP and IP Policy, Chief IP Counsel – Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure, and Lead IP Counsel Neuromodulation. Prior to that he was IP Counsel at 3M representing various medical device businesses and handling IP transactions, particularly medical device acquisitions and divestitures. Following his recent “retirement” from Medtronic, Steve continues to volunteer for IPO.
Dean Harts
Vice President Data Privacy, Associate Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, and Interim Chief Privacy Officer
3M Innovative Properties Co.
Dean Harts is Vice President Data Privacy, Associate Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, and interim Chief Privacy Officer for 3M Company. He also leads 3M’s Global Trade Secret Protection Program team. Prior to his current role, for the past seven years, he was the Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for 3M’s international operations, with over 50 employees in more than 10 countries. Earlier in his 3M career, Dean served as the Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for 3M’s healthcare business, and 3M’s electro & communications business. Before these IP management roles, Dean was IP counsel to several different 3M businesses in St. Paul, Minnesota and Austin, Texas. Dean earned his Juris Doctor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has been admitted to practice with the Minnesota bar, US District Court of Minnesota, and the US Patent and Trademark office. Dean earned his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Sharon Reiche
Senior Corporate Counsel
Pfizer Inc.
Sharon Reiche is Senior Corporate Counsel and Head of Pfizer’s Global Intellectual Property Policy & Advocacy team. In her role she leads a team that works on intellectual property policies that advance the protection of Pfizer’s substantial investment in research and development. She also co-leads the Legal Division’s undergraduate summer student worker program at Pfizer.
Sharon represents Pfizer on the IP Committee of various industry trade organizations, and is the co-Chair of the International Patent Law & Trade Committee at the Intellectual Property Owners Association. She holds a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. She is admitted to practice law in New York.
Bill Warren
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland
Bill Warren is a Partner in the law firm of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, advising clients on strategic intellectual property issues primarily in the life sciences sector, but also in a number of other industries. Bill prosecutes patents, counsels clients on patent validity and infringement issues and prepares product clearance opinions and development strategies. He also negotiates technology transfer licensing agreements and conducts intellectual property due diligence.
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Manufacturers, sellers, and software developers, sometimes restrict access to proprietary information and IP to ensure that products and software continue to operate in the intended manner, which can sometimes limit the ability of consumers to make modifications or repairs. In recent years, advocates of a “right to repair” have sought to change that practice, arguing that consumers should have a right to use, modify, and repair anything they purchase whenever, wherever, and however they want. Those advocates have introduced legislation at the federal and state level targeted at a host of industries, including medical infrastructure, digital equipment, vehicles, and farm equipment. But these proposals often conflict with and threaten established intellectual property rights. In this webinar, panelists will explore this tension as well as developments in proposed legislation on right to repair and efforts by some IP owners to seek private arrangements with industry groups as an alternative to legislative action.
Manufacturers, sellers, and software developers, sometimes restrict access to proprietary information and IP to ensure that products and software continue to operate in the intended manner, which can sometimes limit the ability of consumers to make modifications or repairs. In recent years, advocates of a “right to repair” have sought to change that practice, arguing that consumers should have a right to use, modify, and repair anything they purchase whenever, wherever, and however they want. Those advocates have introduced legislation at the federal and state level targeted at a host of industries, including medical infrastructure, digital equipment, vehicles, and farm equipment. But these proposals often conflict with and threaten established intellectual property rights. In this webinar, panelists will explore this tension as well as developments in proposed legislation on right to repair and efforts by some IP owners to seek private arrangements with industry groups as an alternative to legislative action.
John Cheek
Vice President & Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
Tenneco Inc.
John Cheek is Vice President & Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Tenneco Inc., one of the world’s leading designers, manufacturers and distributors of clean air and ride performance products and systems for the automotive, commercial truck, and off-highway markets and the aftermarket. In addition to his enterprise role, Mr. Cheek also leads the IP group Tenneco’s DRiV division, which focuses on ride performance and aftermarket automotive parts. Prior to joining Tenneco in 2017, Mr. Cheek was senior IP leader at Caterpillar Inc., where he served in leadership roles in the US and Europe. Prior to joining Caterpillar in 1997, Mr. Cheek was in private practice. Mr. Cheek received an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Economics from Wabash College and completed additional undergraduate studies in Physics and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Dayton and Bradley University. He also received a J.D. from the University of Dayton and an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He is a regular lecturer on intellectual property strategy and management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and currently serves on the Executive Committee for ACPC and the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for IPO.
Elizabeth Ferrill
Partner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
Beth Ferrill is a partner in Finnegan’s Washington, DC office, where she counsels clients who hold design patents as well as those accused of infringement. She has experience with design patents related to consumer and industrial products, medical devices, transportation and construction vehicles, and graphical user interfaces and icons. She has prosecuted families of design patents before the USPTO, directed prosecution in foreign in countries, and argued appeals before the PTAB. Beth currently serves as the co-vice chair of IPO’s Industrial Designs Committee.
Joshua Simmons
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Joshua Simmons focuses his practice on appellate and trial court litigation, intellectual property counseling and strategic portfolio management, as well as regulatory and legislative policy. This “exceptional” and “creative” (Chambers), “Top Attorney” (Law360), and “big-picture thought leader” (WTR) litigates copyright, patent, right of publicity, trademark, trade secret, and unfair competition cases—particularly complex cases and those of first impression—along with contract, licensing, and domain name disputes. In addition to maintaining a full-time litigation practice, Josh is a member of Kirkland’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and the Coordinator of its New York Kirkland Pride affinity group. He also is a frequent speaker and author on emerging trends in intellectual property, as well as an active member of the intellectual property bar, including serving as Vice Chair of IPO’s Copyright Law & Anti-Piracy Committee, and a former Vice Chair of its Software-Related Inventions Committee.
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This webinar will address emerging issues around protecting and enforcing NFT trademarks. Topics of discussion will include (1) which fields / industries should be considering NFT trademarks, (2) filing strategies in the U.S., and (3) enforcement concerns. While the webinar will focus on recent trends and cases such as Hermès v. MetaBirkins, it will also examine areas of uncertainty and potential outcomes on unresolved issues.
This webinar will address emerging issues around protecting and enforcing NFT trademarks. Topics of discussion will include (1) which fields / industries should be considering NFT trademarks, (2) filing strategies in the U.S., and (3) enforcement concerns. While the webinar will focus on recent trends and cases such as Hermès v. MetaBirkins, it will also examine areas of uncertainty and potential outcomes on unresolved issues.
Kyle Migliorini
Associate Trademark Attorney
Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
Kyle Migliorini is an attorney who focuses his practice primarily on trademark and copyright law. Mr. Migliorini received his JD from the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he was a member of the Notre Dame Intellectual Property Law Society and the Notre Dame Trial Team and a legal intern at the Notre Dame Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic. He was the recipient of the Dean Konop Legal Aid Award for his work representing various clients in trademark and copyright matters at the Clinic in 2018.
Chris Ott
Director, Assistant General Counsel
Capital One
Chris Ott is an experienced attorney with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. He is skilled in Trademark Infringement, Legal Writing, Intellectual Property, Licensing, and Contract Negotiation.
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This webinar will address key Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) developments and trends from 2022 and give a sneak peek looking ahead. Important TTAB decisions from the last year will be highlighted, including decisions regarding extraterritoriality, abandonment, false association, and more.
This webinar will address key Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) developments and trends from 2022 and give a sneak peek looking ahead. Important TTAB decisions from the last year will be highlighted, including decisions regarding extraterritoriality, abandonment, false association, and more.
Lara Ameri
Associate
Ropes & Gray LLP
Lara Ameri is an associate in the intellectual property litigation group. Lara has a wide-ranging IP litigation practice that includes patent, copyright, trademark, false advertising, and trade secret matters across a variety of fields including wireless technology and telecommunications, e-commerce, software, retail, and data storage. Lara has experience in district court litigation from pre-suit analysis through trial preparation, including drafting pleadings, summary judgment motions, and briefs, preparing for fact and expert witness depositions, and assisting with damages assessments. Lara also has an active pro bono practice in which she works with clients to obtain asylum.
David Armendariz
Senior Counsel
Pirkey Barber
David Armendariz practices trademark and copyright law with a primary focus on litigation and policing. David represents clients in contentious matters before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and federal courts throughout the country. His experience includes four years with Vinson & Elkins LLP. Before entering private practice, David served as a law clerk to the Honorable Debra H. Lehrmann on the Supreme Court of Texas. David earned his J.D. with High Honors from The University of Texas School of Law, where he was a Chancellor. David also served as Articles Editor for the Texas Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif.
Peter M. Brody
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP
Peter Brody has been successfully litigating intellectual property cases and other complex disputes in federal and state courts across the United States for over 30 years. A member and former chair of Ropes & Gray’s intellectual property litigation group, Peter has litigated every type of IP case –patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, and false advertising - as well as a wide range of constitutional, administrative, and contract disputes. Peter also has substantial experience in alcoholic beverage laws and regulations. In addition to his trial and appellate practice, Peter has served as lead counsel in numerous domestic and international arbitrations, as well as hearings and proceedings before federal and state administrative agencies. Peter’s broad-based litigation experience enables him to see the big picture and to present complicated and technical matters in a clear and easy to understand manner.
Jon Jekel
Senior Associate
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Jon Jekel is an attorney with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and author in California, where he advises clients on a wide variety of domestic and international copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent, data privacy, and business-related matters. In his free time, he writes science fiction, practices yoga, rides a Peloton, kayaks around San Diego, builds furniture, and collect LPs.
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The belief that the legal profession is a meritocracy persists despite the strong evidence of the role that unconscious bias and preconceptions continue to play in determining who is seen as succeeding and falling behind. In this webinar, a panel of senior legal practitioners and diversity and inclusion specialists explore how misguided confidence in meritocracy affects critical decisions and alternative paradigms that can ameliorate those effects.
The belief that the legal profession is a meritocracy persists despite the strong evidence of the role that unconscious bias and preconceptions continue to play in determining who is seen as succeeding and falling behind. In this webinar, a panel of senior legal practitioners and diversity and inclusion specialists explore how misguided confidence in meritocracy affects critical decisions and alternative paradigms that can ameliorate those effects.
Alex Lodge
IP Counsel
Cargill, Inc.
Alex Lodge (he/him/his) is a Louisiana native, but he has made the Midwest his home. After finishing his degree in Chemistry at Grambling State University, Alex moved to Iowa to pursue a doctorate in Organic Chemistry. After finishing his doctorate, Alex pursued a law degree at the University of Iowa College of Law. Alex is currently IP Counsel with Cargill, Inc. His experience includes patent procurement, handling both U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, assessing risk mitigation through freedom-to-operate and invalidity opinions and IP patent portfolio management. Alex enjoys music, family, friends, reading, and being engaged in the community. Alex is actively involved as a mentor, the Kappa Alpha Psi Guide Right Program, and leads pro bono efforts related to conviction expungement, arrest record correction, and pardons in the Greater Madison, Wisconsin area. Alex is a recipient of the State Bar of Wisconsin Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award, Urban League of Greater Madison Rising Star Award, and Wisconsin Law Journal’s Up and Coming Lawyer Award.
Denise Robinson
Founding Principal
The Still Center LLC
Denise A. Robinson (she/her) is a diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) and well-being consultant, yoga teacher, and former practicing labor & employment attorney. Through her consultancy, The Still Center LLC, Denise performs cultural assessments, provides strategic advice, and delivers training on DEI, well-being, and other talent development topics. In addition, she has directed benchmarking surveys and other think tank projects to advance DEI in the workplace. Before starting her consultancy, Denise served as the Director of Diversity & Inclusion for O’Melveny & Myers LLP and subsequently, the Diversity Officer for the International Monetary Fund. Denise has been teaching yoga asana and meditation classes for over a decade and applies her knowledge and experience with these contemplative practices to her DEI work. Denise earned her undergraduate degree in philosophy from Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College, and she is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, where she served as the chapter president of the Black Law Students Association and a student advocate in the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic.
Sanjiv Sarwate
Senior Legal Director - Trademarks
Dell Technologies
Sanjiv Sarwate is Senior Legal Director - Trademarks with Dell Technologies and has been with Dell since April 2011. Before that, he was in private practice in Chicago specializing in trademark and copyright law. He is the primary attorney with responsibility over trademarks at Dell, with an emphasis on anticounterfeiting and online trademark enforcement. He is a frequent speaker on trademark issues, including before the US Patent and Trademark Office, the European Intellectual Property Office, and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, as well as a past chair and current member of IPO’s Anti-Counterfeiting Committee. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a masters’ degree from the University of Chicago.
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Contains 8 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 02/08/2023
The Unified Patent Court is supposed to open its doors on June 1, 2023. That means, unless opted out of the system, European patents can be enforced by litigation before this new court for multiple EPC states in one go, and European patents in force in the participating member states can become liable for revocation in a single UPC court action. With the opening of the UPC the European Patent Office will also begin granting Unitary Patents providing patent protection in the participating member states; these Unitary Patents will be administered by the EPO and can only be litigated before the UPC, resulting in one-stop-shops for both administration and litigation. This webinar will provide a high-level overview of the UPC system and shed some more light on the threats and opportunities of this new venue both from the perspective of industry and litigators.
The Unified Patent Court is supposed to open its doors on June 1, 2023. That means, unless opted out of the system, European patents can be enforced by litigation before this new court for multiple EPC states in one go, and European patents in force in the participating member states can become liable for revocation in a single UPC court action.
With the opening of the UPC the European Patent Office will also begin granting Unitary Patents providing patent protection in the participating member states; these Unitary Patents will be administered by the EPO and can only be litigated before the UPC, resulting in one-stop-shops for both administration and litigation.
This webinar will provide a high-level overview of the UPC system and shed some more light on the threats and opportunities of this new venue both from the perspective of industry and litigators. Discussion points include:
1. Structure of the Court and the proceedings
2. Litigation timelines
3. Strategic considerations on opting out European patents from the jurisdiction of the court also with a view on forum shopping and the UPC’s long-arm jurisdiction.Dr. Antje Brambrink
Counsel
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Dr. Antje Brambrink is an attorney-at-law (Counsel) at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner in Munich. As patent litigator Antje advises and represents clients in complex, often cross-border patent disputes. She regularly acts before all German patent courts, including infringement, inspection, compulsory license and nullity proceedings at the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Supreme Court. Her expertise covers a wide range of industries and technologies, including high-tech, renewable energies and in particular life sciences, where she benefits from her dual qualification as dentist with a Ph.D. in pharmacology.
Jakob Kellenberger
Senior Director and Associate General Counsel
Procter & Gamble
Jakob Kellenberger is a Senior Director and Associate General Counsel for Procter & Gamble in Belgium. In this position, Mr. Kellenberger is responsible for P&G’s Global Home Care- and European Fabric Care-IP. He oversees a group of Patent Professionals located in P&G’s Newcastle, Schwalbach and Brussels Innovation Centers and advises Procter & Gamble’s senior management on intellectual property issues. Mr. Kellenberger has authored numerous P&G patents and patent applications, has led a number of oppositions/appeals and hearings in the EPO, has been involved in license agreements, acquisitions and divestitures, in mediation and in IP litigation. Mr. Kellenberger holds a MSc with a focus on Molecular Biology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidg. Tech. Hochschule - ETH) in Zürich and a Postgraduate degree in IP law from the same school. He is a Qualified Representative before the EPO, and has over 25 years of experience in IP.
Leo Steenbeek
Principal IP Counsel
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Leo Steenbeek (LLM, MSc) is Principal IP Counsel at Philips, and is registered as a European and Dutch patent attorney.
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